Usage / Role
21%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2010SMU
Chris Butler
RB • 5'10" • Brusly, LA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Chris Butler leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Chris Butler built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Brusly, LA wearing No. 1, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Chris Butler's career was his backfield work: 472 rushing...
Read the storyChris Butler, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · SMU. Chris Butler leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 500
- Rushing yards
- 472
- Receiving yards
- 28
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Chris Butler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 500
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 196 scrimmage yards · RB 255th (top 57%) · Conference USA 99th (top 46%) · National 889th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | SMU | 4 | 116 | 116 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 2008 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 188 | 174 | 14 | 0 | 54.8 |
| 2009 Regular Season | SMU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2010 Regular Season | SMU | 8 | 196 | 182 | 14 | 0 | 64 |
Related Context
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Chris Butler played RB for SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Chris Butler recorded 472 rushing yards, 28 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
SMU paired 196 primary output with 58.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Loss with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · SMU
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
31.3
Efficiency
45.8
Usage
15.3
Consistency
33.8
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas Tech: 32. TCU: 5. Tulane: 19. UCF: 20. Tulsa: 95. Southern Miss: 17
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas Tech: 6 by 49.7. TCU: 2 by 26. Tulane: 8 by 26.6. UCF: 5 by 56.2. Tulsa: 9 by 94. Southern Miss: 8 by 22.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half18.7 · Games = 3 · -25.3 vs Second Half
Second Half44 · Games = 3 · +25.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
94 vs Tulsa
Player Story
Chris Butler story
Chris Butler built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Brusly, LA wearing No. 1, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Chris Butler's career was his backfield work: 472 rushing yards, 88 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 28 receiving yards across 25 career games in the available record. His career also includes 28 receiving yards and 334 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chris Butler's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
SMU
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | SMU | 116 | 49.6 | 8.3 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | SMU | 188 | 45.8 | 15.3 | 72 |
| 2009 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | 0 | -188 |
| 2010 Regular Season | SMU | 196 | 58.9 | 9.4 | 196 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulsa
Week 7 · L 31-37 · Conference game
Loss with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
95
Scrimmage Yards
83.3 takeover
95 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#2
vs Rice
Week 11 · L 42-43 · Conference game
64
Scrimmage Yards
74 takeover
Loss with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
64 scrimmage yards and 9.7 usage.
#3
@ UTEP
Week 10 · L 14-28 · Conference game
48
Scrimmage Yards
69.4 takeover
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 15.4 usage.
#4
vs UAB
Week 2 · W 28-7 · Conference game
33
Scrimmage Yards
58 takeover
Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
33 scrimmage yards and 7.3 usage.
#5
@ Rice
Week 5 · W 42-31 · Conference game
32
Scrimmage Yards
53.1 takeover
Win with 32 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
32 scrimmage yards and 17.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · SMU
196 primary output · 58.9 efficiency · 9.4 usage
64
#2
2008 Regular Season · SMU
54.8
188 primary · 45.8 efficiency · 15.3 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · SMU
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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